Cardiff City

Wales · Premier League 2018/19 · Championship now · Manager: Brian Barry-Murphy since Aug 2025

#255 World rank · club rating

1,732 Club rating

19th in Championship

Cardiff City played 1 Premier League season (2018/19) and are in Championship now. Neil Harris (Nov 2019 – Jan 2021) had the best points per game of them (1.45 in 62 matches), while the club rating fell from 1,863 to 1,704.

Cardiff City managers

16 spells since 2008 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Brian Barry-Murphy Aug 2025 – present · PPG 1.43 current Aug 2025 – present 23 9-6-8 1.43 1,672 → 1,749 +77 +17.3 +0.08

Aaron Ramsey Apr 2025 – May 2025 · PPG 0.67 caretaker Apr 2025 – May 2025 3 0-2-1 0.67 1,665 → 1,640 −25 −5.0 −0.15

Omer Riza Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 · PPG 1.13 Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 40 10-15-15 1.13 1,642 → 1,674 +32 +8.8 +0.01

Erol Bulut #799 now Aug 2023 – Sep 2024 · PPG 1.23 Aug 2023 – Sep 2024 57 21-7-29 1.23 1,819 → 1,574 −244 −48.0 +0.01

Nikos Karidas (stand-in) 6 Jan 2024 6 Jan 2024 1 0-0-1 −4.2

Sabri Lamouchi Jan 2023 – May 2023 · PPG 1.11 Jan 2023 – May 2023 18 6-2-10 1.11 1,751 → 1,770 +19 +3.3 0.00

Dean Whitehead Jan 2023 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Jan 2023 2 0-0-2 0.00 1,769 → 1,734 −34 −6.9 −0.32

Mark Hudson Nov 2022 – Jan 2023 · PPG 0.90 caretaker Nov 2022 – Jan 2023 10 1-6-3 0.90 1,747 → 1,731 −16 −10.0 −0.14

Steve Morison Oct 2021 – Aug 2022 · PPG 1.23 Oct 2021 – Aug 2022 35 12-7-16 1.23 1,707 → 1,685 −22 −10.5 −0.12

Mick McCarthy Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 · PPG 1.39 Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 38 14-11-13 1.39 1,720 → 1,589 −131 −20.0 −0.08

Neil Harris Nov 2019 – Jan 2021 · PPG 1.45 Nov 2019 – Jan 2021 62 24-18-20 1.45 1,863 → 1,704 −160 −24.9 +0.01

Neil Warnock Oct 2016 – Nov 2019 · PPG 1.42 Oct 2016 – Nov 2019 144 58-30-56 1.42 1,706 → 1,831 +125 −12.3 +0.03

Paul Trollope Aug 2016 – Sep 2016 · PPG 0.50 caretaker Aug 2016 – Sep 2016 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,681 → 1,631 −50 −10.0 −0.76

Russell Slade Oct 2014 – Apr 2016 · PPG 1.45 Oct 2014 – Apr 2016 85 32-27-26 1.45 1,708 → 1,732 +24 +1.3 −0.07

Before 2015/16 · 3 spells, Aug 2008 – Sep 2014

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Jan 2014 – Sep 2014 · PPG 1.07 Jan 2014 – Sep 2014 30 9-5-16 1.07 1,835 → 1,674 −161 −24.6 +0.07

Malky Mackay Aug 2011 – Sep 2013 · PPG 1.63 Aug 2011 – Sep 2013 112 49-36-27 1.63 1,632 → 1,843 +211 +27.4 +0.07

Dave Jones Aug 2008 – May 2011 · PPG 1.63 Aug 2008 – May 2011 160 72-44-44 1.63 1,525 → 1,669 +144 +29.9 +0.21

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Dave Jones is the longest-serving: 160 matches over 2 years (Aug 2008 – May 2011), and the most coach rating added (+29.9).

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,732Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#255World rankof 943 active clubs

#19Championshipof 42 clubs

1,903Peak since 2015/16Feb 2021 · low 1,614, Dec 2024

Colour changes with each manager (12 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Cardiff City's club rating peaked at 1,903 in February 2021, under Mick McCarthy, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,614 in December 2024, under Omer Riza.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Cardiff City play in Championship now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2018/19 38 1.76 1.37 1.72 70% 4.42 7.11 5.14

League matches only (Premier League), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Premier League cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

38 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 411% 00% 00%

HT drawHT D 513% 411% 924%

HT lossHT L 13% 00% 1539%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 16 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 4 matches

1st half · W 4 · D 18 · L 16 GD −19

2nd half · W 10 · D 10 · L 18 GD −16

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Cardiff City

1 referee with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Jonathan Moss 5 3-0-2 1.80 1.80 1.76 +2%

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (38). Cards = Cardiff City's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Cardiff City's manager?

Brian Barry-Murphy, since August 2025 - 23 matches, 9 won (1.43 points per game).

How many managers has Cardiff City had since 2015?

13, counting 4 caretakers. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Cardiff City's longest-serving manager?

Dave Jones: 160 matches from August 2008 to May 2011.

How many cards a game do Cardiff City get?

1.76 a game in the Premier League in 2018/19, against 1.72 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.